Tissue-paper ornament



MABTIN L. BEIsTIlE, or SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

'TISSUE-APER ORNAMENT.

Specificaton of Letters Patent. Patnted -Apl ,25, 1922. i

Application fried October 24, 1919. serii'No. 333,046.

fo all whom it may/ con-Garni Be it known that I, MARTIN L. Bnis'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing` at ihio pensburg, in the count;T of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain neW and useful lfmprovements in Tissue-Paper Ornaments, of Which the follow-b ing' is a specification.

vT his invention relates to ornaments on the order of the folding paper bells which are;

used to a large extent for decorative pur-l poses at Christmas time.

One of the principal objects of the inven-. tion to lso construct the ornament that in the simple act of unfoldinor and setitnp,` up the same, an appropriate hann'er or support Will' be provided for suspending` the orna;

pande-d or completed form.

The body of the oi'nament is made up of a plurality of superimposed leaves or lavers 5. usuall).7 of paper and which in the present instance take the shape of half-hell sections.

These sections are Secured together at their rear or inner edge, in the example illustratech by fastenings or staples 6 passod' throughrearwardlv projected tabsT, said tabs being` spaced apartl` at the upper and lower portions of the bell. More. of these spaced tabs may be provided in the larg'er size ornaments, butv ordinaiily two, such Aas indicated, Will suffice.

On the outermost leaves ther bv pasting or otherwise, the banking or reinforcinfl' strios 8 9 ivhich ma 1 be made for r: a a instance, of cardboard or heavier paper.

:These backing strips maybe made to conform generally'to the Outline of the leaves, as shown, and they are'pref'erably located fortvardly of the tabs 7. The rearivard edge of these backing strips may bemadestraight as indicated at 10 to constitute in effect the hnge line on which the leaves will open.

At their upper ends the banking strips are provided With rearwardly di rected lugs or extensions 11 and these lugsare formed With perforations 12 or other fastening means disposed substantiallyon the plane of the hinge line and consequently on the central axis, of the ornament.

In use, the normally fiat pad is -opened up by rotatingthe backing strips 8; 9 toward each other until they are in vback to: back engagernent.V This opens up the leaves of the ornament and brings the perforationsl in'the supporting lugs into register at a point substantially in line With the aXiS of the bells or other ornament. A suspending cord may then be passed through the registered open-` ings to secure the parts in expanded relation 1 and to provlde a suspension means inv lineV With the true axis of the' ornament; With this arrangement, therefore,'it is a simple matter to secure the ornament in its expand ed Condition and to suspend it so thatit will hang straight; These rearwardly extending supporting lugs 11 also brace the relatively Weaker pointed portions 13 at the upper ends of the leaves. i

1. A devi'ce of the kind described5 coinpris-4 ing a plurality of connected.superirnposed leaves and backing` strlps Secured to the outermost leaves the leaves and strips having edge portions iu a straight line'and being rotatable'about the stra-io-ht linecone of the strips provided at one end With a supporting extensionfthat projects on both sides of a plane which includes the straightline and;`

which is perpendicular to the surface of the* strip. i

,2' A deVlCe O'f the kind described, compris:

inna a` pluralitv of connectedV superimposed leaves and backing strips Secured to the outermost leaves`l the leaves and strips having edge portions in astraight line and being rotatable about the straight line7` each of the strips providedV at one end With? an extension that projects on both side's of a plane `which includes the straiglit lineand which is per-.

pendicular to the surface of'ithe Strip eachf* extension provided With an aperture through whichl said planel pas'se's.

ture;

MAR'rINIj. BEsTL.

i 1 i '3105 In testimonyV Whereof I'affixmy sigma- 

